Children of James Hamilton Green (abt. 1806-1870) and Wife Sarah Echols Randolph: John Randolph, George Kerr, James William, Alice Jane, Samuel Hamilton, and Mary Caroline Green

Bibb Blade (12 April 1883),p. 3, col. 3-4

Or, Subtitled: An experiment in silk worm raising in Bibb County, Alabama

a. John Randolph Green was born 7 February 1844 at Woodstock, Bibb County, Alabama. John stated this date and place of birth on his report for the 1921 census of Alabama Confederate soldiers.[1] John’s reply to the questionnaire sent to former CSA soldiers in 1921 was written and signed by him. He gave his full name on the report as John Randolph Green.

Children of John Green (1768-1837) and Jane Kerr (1768-1855): James Hamilton Green (abt. 1806 – 1879)

Oil portrait of James Hamilton Green painted around 1850, now in possession of descendants in Virginia

Or, Subtitled: Fortunes Rising, Fortunes Falling, as Sands Shift

9. James Hamilton Green, the ninth child of John Green and Jane Kerr, was born in or about 1806 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. Or so I conclude: federal censuses have conflicting data about his year of birth. The 1850 and 1870 censuses have him born in 1806, the 1860 census in 1808, and the 1880 federal mortality schedule in 1810.[1] The lists of John Green and Jane Kerr’s children stated in their estate records, as well as in the estate records of James’s brother John Ewing Green, all place the children’s names in the same order, which is clearly their order of birth. These lists consistently place James between John Ewing and Jane Caroline Green. John E. Green was born 6 November 1803 and Jane Caroline was born 10 October 1808. Unless James was a twin of Jane Caroline — and I’ve seen no record suggesting this — it seems to me that the 1806 year of birth indicated by the 1850 and 1870 federal censuses is correct.

Children of Joscelin B. Green (1800-1853) and Wife Elizabeth Nichols: Susan M., William Nichols, Frances Jane, and Eliza Candace Green

15 September 1863 letter of William Nichols Green from military camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia, to his uncle James Hamilton Green in Bibb County, Alabama, published by Griff, “1863: WILLIAM N. GREEN TO JAMES H. GREEN,” at Spared & Shared blog

Or, Subtitled: “From his youth to his last camp hunt [he] killed with his own rifle in his own hands not less than twelve hundred deer”

Joscelin B. Green and wife Elizabeth Nichols had the following children, who are named in the estate records of Joscelin and his mother Jane Kerr Green: